An Abortionist's Nightmare

From the Desk of Fr. Frank Pavone, M.E.V.
August 24, 2007
An Abortionist's Nightmare

Dear Friends,

My column this week will give you some insights into abortionists that you probably haven't heard before. Unless we know who these people are and "what makes them tick," we won't be able to bring an end to what they are doing. Please pass this message along!

Monday, August 27 begins our prayer novena in honor of Mother Teresa, leading up to the tenth anniversary of her death on September 5. Please go to www.priestsforlife.org and click on the Mother Teresa Novena link, which is front and center. You can download the prayer that we invite you to say each day. Let us know that you are saying it, so we can measure the number of people who are participating. You will also have an opportunity to share with us online how Mother Teresa's life, example, and teachings have influenced you, and to read how she has influenced others.

And please don't hesitate to give us your opinion in our online poll, posted at www.priestsforlife.org. The question changes monthly, so there are only a few more days in which to give your response to the August question.

As you read my column this week, I'm doing a lot of radio and TV taping in Dallas, TX for our "Life on the Line" radio show and our "Gospel of Life" TV show. I hope you receive them both and pass along to others the schedule of when they can tune in. If neither of these programs is available in your community, you can nevertheless hear them each week online, at www.lifeontheline.com and at www.gospeloflife.com.

Here are some of our upcoming topics and media schedules:

I will be celebrating the live televised Mass at EWTN on Monday, September 10. The Mass airs live at 8am and repeats at 12noon, 7pm and at 12midnight on Tuesday, September 11. (all times Eastern). You can listen to the Mass on the internet at www.ewtn.com/tv.

Defending Life Television: Watch on EWTN, Friday at 10:00pm and Saturday at 2:30am. Listen on EWTN radio, Friday at 1am, Saturday at 6:30pm and Sunday at 5am. (all times Eastern)

August 24-26: Elections, Churches and the Law

August 31-September 2: Responding to Common Arguments about abortion and information about Priests for Life

Gospel of Life Television: Watch on Sky Angel satellite, Angel One, every Monday at 3:30am, Tuesday at 2:00 am, Thursday at 8:30am and Saturday at 7:30pm - www.skyangel.com. It also airs on Catholic Familyland (www.familyland.tv) (Sky Angel channel 9717) - Sunday at 1:00 am, Monday at 9:00 am and Thursday at 11:30 pm. (All Times Eastern)

Week of August 26: The D&E Procedure

Week of September 2: The Supreme Court's Latest Abortion Decision. Guest: Dan McConchie.

Life on the Line Radio: Go to www.lifeontheline.com/listen/index.html for stations and airing times.

August 25-26: Seeing Abortion. I welcome Bill Calvin of the Center for Bio-ethical Reform, to talk about the creative ways he?s using to help America see and reject abortion.

September 1-2: Sexual Integrity. I welcome Carrie Abbott to the program to talk about teaching Sexual Integrity and how that will influence the fight for a culture of life.

Please tune in and spread the word! In fact, you can help us - and your whole parish - by asking your pastor to place in the parish bulletin an announcement about our TV shows. Thanks in advance!

Thanks in advance!

Blessings and prayers,
Fr. Frank Pavone, M.E.V.
National Director, Priests for Life

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An Abortionist's Nightmare

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life

Dr. McArthur Hill used to kill babies for a living. Now he has repented. At a conference of former abortionists, he shared the nightmares he had:

"In my nightmares I would deliver a healthy newborn baby and I would take that healthy newborn baby and I would hold it up, and I would face a jury of faceless people and ask them to tell me what to do with this baby. They would go thumbs-up or thumbs-down and if they made a thumbs-down indication then I was to drop the baby into a bucket of water which was present. I never did reach the point of dropping the baby into the bucket because I'd always wake up at that point. But it was clear to me then that there was something going on in my mind, subconsciously."

I have helped abortionists make the transition from killing babies to repentance, and can attest that Dr. Hill's experience is not uncommon. In fact, his nightmare reveals some common aspects of the suffering of abortionists.

Notice, first of all, that Dr. Hill has in his hands a "healthy newborn baby." Abortions are done on healthy unborn babies, but in this nightmare, the doctor's conscience is reminding him that a baby is a baby, and that the lies of abortion propagandists who try to make the public think that abortion is only done for "health reasons" are exactly that - lies.

More significant still is the fact that the abortionist is holding the baby up in front of a group of people. What happened to the "private, personal" nature of abortion? Abortionists know better. It's a public industry, a public battle, and like it or not, the world has its eyes on them. They are committing that wrong which humanity itself, in the judgment of history, knows to be the same wrong that constitutes genocide and holocausts. Yes, this "private" act is really as public as can be.

The abortion propagandists try to paint this issue as "a woman's choice and hers alone." But the abortionist's nightmare tells us a different story. The mother is absent. It is society, represented by a jury of his peers, that is making the choice. This represents both the abortionist's resentment as well as his attempt to evade responsibility. "It's not that I favor killing babies," many abortionists will say. "It's that either I provide this service or someone else will do so, in a less professional way. Society has made this choice available, which is a good thing, but somebody has to carry it out."

Finally, the jury is "faceless." Of course it is. Nobody wants to claim responsibility for legal abortion. Legislators blame the courts; judges blame precedent; others blame the "law of the land."

It's time for the abortionists nightmare to wake us all up! Now is the time for us to put our own face on this issue, and claim responsibility to break through the faceless crowd and declare, "The killing stops here! I will no longer be silent!"

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La pesadilla de un abortero

El Dr. McArthur Hill se ganaba la vida matando niños. Ahora se ha arrepentido. Durante una conferencia de ex-aborteros, narró sus pesadillas:

"En mis pesadillas asistía al nacimiento de un bebé sano, tomaba a ese bebé sano y lo levantaba, después miraba a un jurado de gente sin rostro a quienes les pedía que me dijeran lo que tenía que hacer con el niño. Ellos hacían un gesto con los pulgares hacia arriba o hacia abajo y si señalaban hacia abajo con el pulgar entonces debía arrojar al bebé en un balde de agua que se encontraba allí mismo. Nunca llegué a tirar al bebé en el balde porque en ese momento siempre me despertaba. Sin embargo, para mi era obvio que algo estaba pasando en mi mente, de manera subconsciente."

He ayudado a muchos aborteros a hacer la transición del asesinato de bebés al arrepentimiento y puedo dar fe que la experiencia del Dr. Hill no es infrecuente. De hecho, su pesadilla revela algunos aspectos comunes del sufrimiento de los aborteros.

En primer lugar, observen que el Dr. Hill tiene en sus manos un niño recién nacido "sano." Los abortos se practican a niños sanos que van a nacer, pero en esta pesadilla la conciencia del doctor le está recordando que un bebé es un bebé y que las mentiras de la propaganda pro-aborto que quieren hacer creer al público que el aborto se practica solamente por "razones de salud" son exactamente eso: mentiras.

Más significativo aún es el hecho que el abortero muestra el bebé a un grupo de gente. ?Que pasó con la naturaleza "privada y personal" del aborto? Los abortistas lo saben. Es una industria pública, una batalla pública y aunque no les guste, el mundo los está mirando. Están cometiendo actos malos que la humanidad misma, en el juicio de la historia, considera igualmente malos que el genocidio y los holocaustos. Así es, este acto "privado" es en realidad algo público.

Los propagandistas del aborto quieren presentar esta cuestión como "la elección de una mujer y nada más." Pero la pesadilla del abortero cuenta una historia diferente. La madre está ausente. Es la sociedad representada por un jurado de pares, la que está haciendo la elección. Esto representa tanto el resentimiento del abortero como su intento de evadir la responsabilidad que le cabe. "No es que yo esté a favor del asesinato de bebés," dicen muchos abortistas. "Se trata simplemente de proveer un servicio que si yo no lo presto, algún otro prestará con menos profesionalismo. La sociedad ha dispuesto que esta elecci?n esté disponible, y eso es bueno, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo."

Finalmente, el jurado "no tiene rostro." ?Por supuesto! Nadie quiere hacerse cargo del aborto legal. Los legisladores le echan la culpa a las cortes, los jueces a la jurisprudencia, otros señalan a la "ley de la nación."

¡Es hora de que las pesadillas de los aborteros nos despierten a todos! Este es el momento de poner nuestro propio rostro en esta cuestión y asumir la responsabilidad que nos toca, saliendo de la multitud sin rostro para proclamar: ¡Hasta aquí llegó el asesinato! ¡De ahora en adelante no callaré!

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